After Dropping Off my Recyclables at the  Recycling Bins  in  Queenstown  early  Sunday eveing  4  - 5  - 09  I decided  to make a check of the farm  ponds  on Rt 309  nothing unexpected however turned up  except the  Covey of Bobwhite  Quail .  list and locations  below .

Rt 309 pond  1 mile from Rt 213  Centreville  Maryland 

Canada Goose        2
American Wigeon      9
Black Duck 4
Green winged Teal     43
Mallard      2
Dunlin    1    still in  winter plumage 
Killdeer    2
Wilson Snipe    4
Great Blue Heron     1
Foresters Tern       1
Tree Swallow   2

Red Fox     1 digging for mice or voles 

Pond at Pemberton  Manor  near Starr 
 Canada Goose     60 
Green Winged Teal      3
Mallard      2
Killdeer   3
Greater Yellowlegs    1
Red Tailed Hawk    1
Northern Harrier   1
Rock Pigeon       1
Barn Swallow      1

Pond close to Rt  309  

Ring Necked Duck     3

Damsontown Road  Rt 481  Small pond    a quick  check    

Green Winged Teal      12
Wilson Snipe   2

Cattle pasture      [ only 3 cattle  here ]

Snow Geese   200
Bobwhite      10     The covey flew  across the road in front of my truck when I stopped 
                           to check the Snow Geese 

Happy Birding 
Danny Poet
Queenstown, Maryland 


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